For the couple based in Raipur, in the state of Chhattisgarh, the two words symbolise triumph over hardship but for the others, evoke fear and devastation to the world.
The names remind them about all the hardships they overcame amid the lockdown, to have a successful delivery of the babies in the night of March 26-27 at a government hospital.
“I was blessed with the twins, a boy and a girl, in the early hours on March 27. We have named them Covid (boy) and Corona (girl) for now,” Preeti Verma, the 27-old mother of the newborns, said in a report by The Hindu.
The delivery happened after facing several difficulties and therefore, me and my husband wanted to make the day memorable.
Indeed the virus is dangerous and life-threatening but its outbreak made people focus on sanitation, hygiene and inculcate other good habits. Thus, we thought about these names.
When the hospital staff also started calling the babies as Corona and Covid, we finally decided to name them after the pandemic,” she said.
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